Welling have appointed Grays Athletic's Jody Brown as their manager to take over from Jamie Day.

Day left the Wings on December 10 to join big-spending Vanarama South outfit Ebbsfleet.

The Wings conducted interviews in the last week and have decided that Brown is the man tasked with keeping them in Vanarama Conference this season.

Welling chief executive Barrie Hobbins said: “In Jody, the board were unanimous in their view that we have an ambitious, young and hungry manager who has earned his spurs over the last 10 years plus coaching and managing both at Academies and steadily rising through the non-leagues.

“He impressed us with his desire and passion to manage at this level, and he shares our belief that whilst the realities of Welling United are that we do not have a big budget, this need not be a bar to progression.

"We are confident that we have attracted a top up-and-coming manager in Jody. We are delighted he has accepted our offer to join Welling United.”

Brown, who has coached at academy level at Arsenal, Norwich and Colchester, took over at Grays in the summer after a successful spell at Heybridge. Prior to that, he was at Redbridge and was part of the managerial set-up when they reached the second round of the FA Cup.

Brown said: "I am sorry to be leaving Grays but the opportunity to step up to management in the Conference Premier was one I could not ignore.

“I have been working towards this goal for sometime and I cannot wait to get started. I am delighted and grateful for the trust and confidence shown in me by Welling.”

Brown's first match in charge will be the Boxing Day league trip to Dover. Caretaker managers Jamie Turner and Jake Gallagher will still take charge of Tuesday's FA Trophy replay with Ebbsfleet at Park View Road.